When it comes to the speed of increasing troops, I'm afraid no one is faster than Chen Mu, because his temporary fourth brigade has reached 8,000 people. And he has enough so far, which is exactly what other lieutenant generals of the Shence Army do not have.

Although the soldiers in the engineer brigade may not all be willing to turn into regular troops, with such a large base as support, Chen Mu is full of confidence.

As long as the troops are increased quickly enough, they can grab the number of a division, which is a godsend for Chen Mu.

But at this time, he still has to consider Kong Xiaoxian.

If you get the establishment of another division in a hurry, but you don't consider the feeling of worshipping the eldest brother and the top boss at the same time, this is very inappropriate.

If Kong Xiao said to Chen Mu first: Get me a few thousand people, I will grab this place.

At that time, Chen Mu was passive.

So Chen Mu took the initiative to go to Kong Xiaoxian to talk about it, saying that he would help his eldest brother get a second division and concurrently serve as a lieutenant general, but he should give me some military power.

In this regard, Kong Xiaoxian was very satisfied, saying that Chen Mu was his younger brother, and said: Zhonglang will take me as the post, but I will give you two brigades.

There are only three brigades in one standard division.

Chen Mu knew in his heart that it was not that Kong Xiaoxian was very generous, but because he was poor. He can't afford to raise so many people, so he simply be generous.

Now the two sons of the Tang clan are fiercely competitive, and they are desperately increasing their troops for the places of these five divisions. Originally, there were few people in Hexi, and Tang Zhen didn't plan how much Kong Xiaoxian and Chen Mu could bring to him, but he didn't expect that the first person to hand in the full list turned out to be the Anxi Military Department.

Chen Mu had 8,000 sappers under his command, half of whom were willing to join the army, and counting the few hundred people in the first brigade of the previous Eighth Division, there were 4,500 people, and counting the 800 people under Lu Han, it reached 5,300. Subsequently, Chen Mu recruited troops in Hexi and southern Xinjiang, and gathered more than 2,000 people, of which 300 were sent by Kong Xiaoxian.

There are still 2,700 people left.

Chen Mu went to the Sogdian king Alidayi and the king of Azman, Ma Zun, to borrow troops to serve as quotas. As a result, Alidayi only lent him 500 men, but Ma Zun was very generous and directly filled the remaining gap.

In late July, Chen Mu received a report from the Kuaima Army, opened it and saw that it was the Tang clan's gate lord's commendation for Kong Xiaoxian, and appointed Kong Xiaoxian as the general of the 16th Division of Shence, and even the Zhonglang general sent the seal ribbon together.

Chen Mu's face tightened: "Is it sent to the wrong place, why did the appointment of the eldest brother come to me?" ”

The post station passed the soldier and said: "This is arranged by General Kong, he said to put Zhonglang and the seal ribbon here first, and wait for the gate lord to send an official to review the troops. Check that it is correct, and then send the seal back to him. At that time, General Chen himself left two brigade school seals. In addition, the seal of the grain governor and the adjutant general should also be kept. ”

"Oh......"

Chen Mu understood, and the gate valve felt that Kong Xiaoxian's recruitment speed was too fast, and he couldn't believe it, so he planned to come over and have a look. But this place was still snatched up by Tang Zhen.

Before the special officials came to Dunhuang, Tang Zhen's letter was sent directly to Chen Mu's desk, and it can be seen from the letter that Tang Zhen was also suspicious, he said:

Brother Shepherd, are you making a false report? If so, do everything you can to fill the gap, and I'll try to slow down the officers and buy you time. Even if you pay people to fill the quota, it will be done. But 10,000 people must be guaranteed. After the special officer reviews it, how much money did you spend, you tell me, and I will help you figure it out.

Chen Mu picked up his pen and replied: Please rest assured, there are definitely enough people, but 2,700 of them are soldiers I borrowed from Sogdia and Azman. But I didn't even plan to pay them back. But I also promised that in the future, when they are attacked by other countries, I will lead troops to support them. They're not a loser either. During this period, Mu spent a lot of money, hoping to get financial assistance from his son. Also, in the future, if there is a war between Sogdia and Azman, I will go to support, and I will not let the Shence army lose its trust.

The letter was sent away quickly, and the horse was sent back, and Tang Zhen replied to the letter, and the joy jumped on the paper. For Chen Mu's request, he agreed to all of them, and gave Chen Mu great autonomy.

Chen Mu was very happy after receiving the reply, and began to promote the generals, the division headquarters and the first brigade were Kong Xiaoxian's, and he did not interfere, while the second brigade Chen Mu asked Zhang Youtian to concurrently serve as the brigade school, and the third brigade brigade Zhang Han.

Chen Mu took the post of grain supervisor of the 16th Division, and let the lame man concurrently serve as a deputy general. According to the management of the troops, the grain supervisor ranks third among the five officers, while the deputy general ranks fifth.

All in all, the generals in the second and third brigades were all those old people of the "temporary first brigade" brought from Chang'an, and later Kong Xiaoxian sent a few people with the surname Tang and Kong to be placed in the brigade headquarters, and each brigade arranged two people, one as a staff general and one as a deputy general.

Chen Mu naturally wanted to set aside a quota, but these brigade-level officers did not concurrently serve as regiment-level captains, so they didn't have much real power and couldn't control the troops.

In this regard, Kong Xiaoxian didn't care very much, and approved it all.

After Kong Xiaoxian's instructions, there was basically no resistance on the side of the gate valve, just waiting for the approval of the Ministry of War's "slow and reasonable".

"The approval from the Ministry of War is back." A secretary submitted the paperwork.

"Ah, so fast this time?" Xiaohuan happened to be in the house, looking a little excited.

This reply is not a document about the 16th Division, but on issues related to the original Fourth Brigade, as well as the issue of Xiaohuan and Hanxiang's military registration.

However, the reply of the military department made Xiaohuan very disappointed.

The document of the Ministry of War said: For the time being, the Eighth Division of Shence will not be allowed to exceed the number of the Eighth Division, and the request for the number of the Fourth Brigade will be rejected.

In just one sentence, even Xiaohuan and Hanxiang's military registration was gone.

Xiaohuan sat down in a chair in a low mood.

Chen Mu glanced at Xiaohuan and said, "I have transferred your relationship to the Sixteenth Division. This time it is estimated that it will be successful. ”

Xiaohuan suffered two blows in a row, looking a little discouraged: "God won't let us turn, no matter how hard we try, it's useless." ”

"This sentence is very negative, is this still the little ring I know?"

I don't know what Xiaohuan thought, he suddenly grinned, cheered up, and looked forward to the future: "10,000 files, they will definitely be tired of the trial, and if they don't do it, they will have a big pot of stew, and they all passed." Ha ha. ”

Xiaohuan smiled stupidly.

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and said nothing, and then asked someone to send a letter to the lame man, asking him to transfer all the military relations of the temporary fourth brigade of the eighth division to the sixteenth division and become the temporary fourth brigade of the sixteenth division.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, Xiaohuan opened the door, and saw Han Jiaoniang standing at the door angrily.

Chen Mu was puzzled and asked Han Jianniang to sit down first.

As soon as Han Jianniang sat down, she began to wipe her tears: "This secretary in charge of the special management office is really not done by anyone, there is Hanxiang and Xiaomei on it every day, and the people below are not obedient." ”

"Who is disobedient?"

"Who else can there be, Li Xian and Jiang Weibei. I can't control these two people at all, two hedgehogs are the same, if I say one sentence, they can top ten sentences. ”

Chen Mu sighed and frowned: "In the future, the special manager will hold a meeting, I want to participate, remember to inform me in advance." ”

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